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Born March 26, 1874 in San Francisco Father was journalist Mother was a teacher Named after Robert E. Lee (famous Southern general)
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Father died when he was 11 Robert, his mother, and sister went to live with his grandfather in Massachusetts Took a job as a cobbler to help pay the rent Grandfather paid for him to attend Lawrence High School where he was the top of his class.
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At 16, Frost began to write poetry Jotted down words that seemed to just come into his mind. However, he was still not thinking of becoming a poet for a job.
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After he graduated, he wasn’t interested in college! He was interested in poetry. Like to wander through the woods reading a collection of poetry. At age 19, sent his first poem to a magazine called The Independent
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He needed income Tried being a journalist Didn’t like getting into things that were not his business Taught school with mother and sister Didn’t like teaching young children
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1895 Married Elinor White She was the other top student in his H.S. class Had son Eliot
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Wanted to be a college professor but hadn’t gone to college himself Grandfather helped pay for him to go to Harvard Classes bored him Eliot got sick and died Left without finishing
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Grandfather would pay for a farm if Frost would be a farmer 1900 Frost, Elinor, and new baby daughter went to Derry, New Hampshire Dairy farm Chores during day Wrote poems at night “Mending Wall” “October”
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Had 3 more children Director of Pinkerton Academy offered Frost a job Teaching English class 2 days a week Frost took the job Continued to farm also
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Sold the farm after 10 years Didn’t like the schedule Had hay fever Even though poems had been rejected, he knew he had to keep trying Decided to go to England
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Took 30 poems to London publisher Three days later, they were accepted for a book He began his professional career as a poet 1913 “A Boy’s Will” 1914 “North of Boston” Books reprinted in America “My books have gone home; we must go too.”
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Frost looked around him for inspiration Walked pastures “The Vantage Point” Explored Forests “The Road Not Taken” Watched cows “The Cow in Apple Time” Saw boys climbing trees “Birches”
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Frost asked to teach at colleges Helped start a college- Bread Loaf School of English in Vermont Challenging, witty, grouchy teacher Once threw a whole pile of compositions away Kids loved him- HE MADE THEM THINK!!
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1923 published “New Hampshire” Won Pulitzer Prize Won 3 more Pulitzer prizes Became the country’s most beloved poet Read “The Gift Outright” at President JFK’s inauguration
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Died in 1963 People around the world mourned “There ought to be in everything you write some sign that you come from almost anywhere.”
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